Where does “톱밥” come from?

톱밥 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

톱밥 (Korean): sawdust

Definitions

  1. sawdust

Ancestry of “톱밥”, step by step

톱밥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 밥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean밥cooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 톱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean톱saw; covering
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